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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: i(502)i585-1100
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
i☐ Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
i☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
i☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
i☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
iClass A Common Stock (voting), $0.15 par value
iBFA
iNew
York Stock Exchange
iClass B Common Stock (nonvoting), $0.15 par value
iBFB
iNew
York Stock Exchange
i1.200% Notes due 2026
iBF26
iNew
York Stock Exchange
i2.600% Notes due 2028
iBF28
iNew
York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company i☐
If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Brown-Forman 2022 Omnibus Compensation Plan
At the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Brown-Forman Corporation ("Brown-Forman"
or the "Company") held on July 28, 2022 (the "Annual Meeting"), the Class A common stockholders of Brown-Forman voted on and approved the Brown-Forman 2022 Omnibus Compensation Plan (the "2022 Plan").
A summary description of the 2022 Plan and related matters is set forth in Brown-Forman's definitive proxy statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2022 (the "2022 Proxy Statement"). Such summary description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2022 Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference to Appendix B to the Company’s 2022 Proxy Statement,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2022.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The matters submitted to a vote of the Company's Class A common stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the voting results of such matters are as follows:
Election of Directors
The Company's Class A common stockholders elected each of the director nominees proposed by the
Company's Board of Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until such director's successor is duly elected and qualified. The following is a breakdown of the voting results:
Name of Nominee
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Campbell P. Brown
156,152,661
2,435,178
80,138
5,309,285
Stuart
R. Brown
156,717,427
1,931,214
19,336
5,309,285
John D. Cook
155,826,341
2,814,689
26,947
5,309,285
Marshall B. Farrer
156,291,925
2,348,490
27,562
5,309,285
Augusta Brown Holland
156,657,687
1,990,018
20,272
5,309,285
Michael
J. Roney
156,208,515
2,427,598
31,864
5,309,285
Jan E. Singer
158,496,444
137,975
33,558
5,309,285
Tracy L. Skeans
156,508,612
2,124,959
34,406
5,309,285
Michael A. Todman
157,478,037
1,154,995
34,945
5,309,285
Lawson
E. Whiting
156,510,724
2,133,212
24,041
5,309,285
Approval of 2022 Omnibus Compensation Plan
The Company's Class A common stockholders approved the adoption of the Brown-Forman 2022 Omnibus Compensation Plan. The following is a breakdown of the voting results:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
157,664,292
445,469
558,216
5,309,285
Ratification of the Selection of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal 2023
The Company's Class A common stockholders ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2023. The following is a breakdown
of the voting results:
The information furnished
pursuant to this Item 7.01 (and the related information in Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), as amended, and shall not be deemed to be incorporate by reference in any filing the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
